TY - BOOK AU - Lopesi,Lana TI - Pacific arts Aotearoa: the powerful and dynamic legacy of Pacific arts in Aotearoa, as told by the artists themselves SN - 9781776950515 AV - N7407.5 .P33 2023 U1 - 709.95 23 PY - 2023/// CY - [Auckland, New Zealand] PB - Penguin Random House New Zealand in association with Pacific Arts, Creative New Zealand KW - Artists KW - New Zealand KW - Biography KW - Oceania KW - Art, Polynesian KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Art, Melanesian KW - Art, Modern KW - Toi Taketake KW - reo KW - Tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-535) and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword -- Introduction: a legal project -- Early outliers -- Practising endurance -- Seeding the Vanua -- The pacific question -- Urban pacific -- Doing it yourself -- Y2K -- International waters -- Enduring fights & revolutionary tendencies -- A new Pacific question -- Niu waves, Niu voices -- Afterword N2 - "This comprehensive account spans six decades of multidisciplinary Pacific creative genius, remembering the diverse, fresh and energetic contributions of Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. Edited by leading Pacific writer and scholar Lana Lopesi, this book includes over 300 images and contributions from more than 120 artists, curators and community voices, providing new and previously unheard perspectives on this vast and growing legacy, in one volume. Published in association with Pacific Arts, Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa as part of the Pacific Arts Legacy Project, an initiative under the Pacific Arts Strategy"--Publisher information ER -